Agriculture
We are proactively modeling the most pertinent climate phenomena to project future climate trends, and integrating these results together to assess possible effects on agricultural and economic systems.
Climate Projection-enhanced Crop and Hazard Calendars
Our research and field teams are collaborating to understand needs on the ground and enhancing existing decision-support aids with our innovative climate projections. These enhanced tools will help agricultural scientists and decision-makers understand how critical climate hazards may change in the future, and how they could directly affect agriculture. We imagine these tools will help scientists make decisions about climate resilient seed development & distribution, as well as strategies to adapt to changes in seasonal cropping phases and patterns.
Sunflower Seed Coating
Innovations in seed coating developed at MIT could be the key to overcoming germination challenges in high-saline soils. We are working on a project to explore this technology in the field.
Watch a video introducing the sunflower seed coating initiative.
Adaptation & Intervention
The BRAC field team is hard at work developing relationships with the community and executing adaptation strategies. Watch the video to the left to learn more about the BRAC Adapation Clinics.
As our work progresses, we will lean on the important relationships and established communication networks to share our projection-enhanced tools, and then iterate with users and stakeholders to ensure their impact and usefulness.